The Gann Family Saga Part 1
I hope you enjoy this tale of undercover agents, criminal gangs, and family shenanigans. It starts off as an undercover tale, involving a brother and his sister, and then veers off into Misery territory as our protagonist is at the mercy of his mother. It's one of my longer stories, so if you like them shorter, you should move on. As always I look forward to your feedback. I'd like to thank PennLady for her help in editing, however all the mistakes in this story are mine and mine alone. This is also a sitcom type of story, where the characters don't always make the same choices that you and I would make in real life. Don't take it too seriously, sit back, relax and enjoy.
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Seth rechecked his weapons, and then made sure he didn't have anything on him that would link him to his real life. His continued existence depended on his anonymity. If the Vice Lords found out who he really was, he would be very, very dead after a very, very long torture session. He was on a long undercover operation that was becoming more dangerous with every passing day.
Special Agent Seth Gann had infiltrated a criminal gang that was involved in gun running, prostitution and methamphetamine trafficking. They were known as the Vice Lords, and they were part outlaw motorcycle gang and part drug cartel. They were the most dangerous, violent gang that Seth had ever heard of and he was determined to take them all down no matter the danger. He almost had enough evidence to take down the whole gang except for their leader, Big John Ford.
His superiors had wanted him to pull out before now, but Seth had persuaded them to give him one more chance to get some evidence on Big John. Tonight was going to be that last chance. The Vice Lords had invited Seth to become an official member and "Patch In" to the gang this very night. If successful, he would have unprecedented access to all of the inner workings of the Vice lords. He would be one of the few law enforcement agents that had ever infiltrated a criminal gang to this extent.
Tonight there were going to be some minor initiation rituals for him and a couple of the other, real, prospects. A prospect was a minor thug in the gang that was trying to become a full fledged member. It had taken almost a year of undercover work, but Seth was on the verge becoming a real member of the Vice Lords. There would be lots of drinking this night, and, at last, a chance to get into their club house and perhaps get some hard evidence on Big John.
Seth couldn't take a chance on wearing a wire and he knew that he might be stuck inside the club house for a full day and night. The plan was that if his commanding officer hadn't received word from Seth within forty-eight hours they were going to raid the clubhouse and get what they could; end of operation. It had taken a lot of convincing to even get that much time from his superiors.
The hardest part about this undercover operation was the separation from his real life, and especially his family. He was really missing his mother and sister. Seth decided to call his mother before heading out. He hadn't seen anyone in his family for weeks and just couldn't chance that someone from the gang might be tailing him with the initiating coming up. He couldn't his about his assignment and why he hadn't been around.
"Hello," his mother answered on the first ring.
"Hey, it's me."
"Seth!" she squealed into the phone. "I haven't seen you in weeks. Are you avoiding me because of what I said about that girl you'd been seeing?"
"No, it's nothing like that, Mom."
"Don't lie to your mother," she said laughing a little. "I just didn't like her. That's all, but it doesn't mean I'm mad at you or judging you or anything. Why don't you come over tomorrow and I'll make us all a big spaghetti dinner like I used to. Bring HER, if you like."
Seth wasn't seeing anyone. His mom had caught him hanging out with one of the girls from the clubhouse, once before. "Thanks, Mom," Seth said, feeling worse than ever for the lie he was about to tell his own mother. "I can't. I'm working the graveyard shift tonight and then I've got to go over to California tomorrow for a two-day training session and I'm NOT seeing Candy. Can I get a rain check for next weekend?"
"I guess," his mom said. "You sure have been working a lot lately. If I didn't know better, I'd still say you were avoiding me."
Seth hated this part of undercover work the most. He could handle the danger and stress and endless piles of paperwork, but he hated being pulled away from his family. This was one reason that he had never married or had any children.
He had always been extremely close to his mother, especially since the sudden death of his father a few years past. It had been tough on everyone, bringing Seth and his mother closer together. His father's death, however, had caused his sister, Millie, to pull away from them. She always seemed to be getting into trouble and he had just found out that his sister was stripping at O'Malley's on the edge of town. He had been hoping to spend some time with his sister and try to get through to her, but that would have to wait until after this investigation was complete.
"Seth? Are you still there?"
"Oh, sorry, Mom. I was just drifting away thinking about how good your spaghetti is going to be next weekend. Can you make that special garlic bread?"
"Yes, and you had better show up this time or I will know that you are avoiding me. Besides, that will just leave more for Millie and me. You know that she misses you as much as I do, right?"
"I know Mom," Seth lied. He hadn't known that. At least his mother and sister were talking again. That was good news. "Tell her that I can't wait to see her. Are you going to see her tonight?"
"Heavens, no," Seth's mom said, exasperated. "She's working late tonight like you. I've been watching the baby for her though. Millie's working so much that I've barely seen her in weeks except when she drops the baby off, but I have been talking to her again. She's coming around I think, but we need you, Seth. I think we all need to get this family whole again. Well...as much as we can."
"I know Mom. I know. Look, I've got to go, I'm running late, but I'll call you this week and I'll be there for sure next weekend. Bye."
"Bye honey."
Seth put his cell phone away, after clearing all of his call history. He went out and fired up the old mustang that was his undercover car. Most of the gang members either drove beat-up muscle cars or motorcycles. It was only the upper ranks of the gang that drove expensive cars or brand new Harleys.
Big John alternated between a chromed-out Super Glide and a brand new black Corvette. Seth wasn't anywhere near the top. In fact tonight was his ceremony for just being an official part of the gang. His car had to look the part of a low-end criminal, and it did. So did Seth. His hair was long and he had a shaggy goatee, and he wore old jeans and a T-shirt under a leather vest with the word "prospect" on the back.
Driving towards the club house, Seth's thoughts turned to his sister, Millie. He hadn't seen her in about a month and that wasn't a pleasant memory. He had gone to her house to pick up something for his mom. When Millie answered the door, her eyes were glassed over and she reeked of alcohol.
It took her a few seconds to focus and recognize who was at the door. She was still wearing a skimpy outfit from her job at O'Malley's and it didn't leave anything to the imagination. Her incredibly large breasts were ready to burst out of her top. His gaze had lingered on Millie's chest longer than it should have, but she didn't seem to notice. They didn't say a word to each other that day, and Seth couldn't get the image of his disheveled sister or her straining breasts out of his head.
It was near seven o'clock in the evening, when Seth pulled up to the Vice Lords' club house. The parking lot out front was fuller than usual and heavy metal music was already blasting inside. It was definitely going to be a crazy night. He just hoped that he lived through it.
Seth walked into the club house, ready for anything. The heavy chords of Slayer washed over him from the speakers in the corners by the club house bar. There were about twenty full-patch members of the Vice Lords drinking, dancing, making out with sleazy girls, or playing pool or darts. Several of them came over to Seth, clapping him on the shoulder and telling Seth that this was going to be one of the best nights of his life.
Seth got a beer from one of the newer prospects and drained half of it in one swig. He was already having second thoughts about this. He'd heard stories about previous initiations. He barely had time to recollect what he had heard when Big John bellowed Seth's name from the back room, the secret room that only full members were allowed to enter. It was called The Church. Taking a deep breath and then draining the rest of his beer, Seth walked back to face his destiny.
Big John Ford sat on his "throne" and watched Seth walk into the inner sanctum of the Vice Lords. All of the full-patch members of the gang were inside and two of them closed the door and locked it behind Seth. Seth noticed with relief that he wasn't the only member being initiated. There were three other prospective members standing in front of Big John. Seth lined up next to them. He recognized all three of them as petty criminals that he had seen and worked with before. They all nodded at each other and then turned to face the Throne.